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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 6, 2007Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2007, 11:42 AM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2007, 11:42 AM CDT (16:42 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2007, 12:30 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 6, 11:45 AM CDTHAIL 1Kiowa, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2007-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2828 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2007-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2828 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.7
Supercell composite
11.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 061643
SVRDDC
KSC007-061730-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0101.070506T1642Z-070506T1730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1142 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT

* AT 1140 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAZELTON...OR NEAR KIOWA...AND MOVING NORTH AT
  40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HAZELTON...
  SHARON...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN BARBER COUNTY.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR BARBER COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3702 9862 3701 9838 3736 9838 3736 9846
      3745 9849 3744 9856

$$

BURKE
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 061658
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1158 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

KSC007-061730-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-070506T1730Z/
BARBER KS-
1158 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN BARBER COUNTY...

AT 1156 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF SHARON...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

LAT...LON 3702 9862 3701 9838 3736 9838 3736 9846
      3745 9849 3744 9856

$$

BURKE
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 061725
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1225 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

KSC007-061735-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-070506T1730Z/
BARBER KS-
1225 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BARBER COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 1230 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT TO
LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL
WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN BARBER COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3702 9862 3701 9838 3736 9838 3736 9846
      3745 9849 3744 9856

$$

BURKE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa45 min
May 5, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa36 min
May 5, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche16 min
May 5, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord30 min
May 5, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark38 min
May 5, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pratt, Stafford5 min
May 5, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pratt, Stafford30 min
May 5, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pratt, Stafford29 min
May 5, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards52 min
May 5, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford33 min
May 5, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford45 min
May 5, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford38 min
May 5, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa44 min
May 5, 8:37 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa23 min
May 5, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa50 min
May 5, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa27 min
May 5, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford41 min
May 5, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Kiowa29 min
May 5, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford20 min
May 5, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade34 min
May 5, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford32 min
May 5, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord41 min
May 5, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee45 min
May 5, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford41 min
May 5, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord44 min
May 5, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa, Meade, Pawnee29 min
May 5, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa, Meade, Pawnee45 min
May 6, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Kiowa30 min
May 6, 4:53 AM CDTFlood WatchDDCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa, Pawnee and 2 more19 hr
May 6, 9:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber67 min
May 6, 10:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber57 min
May 6, 12:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark47 min
May 6, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord47 min
May 6, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman42 min
May 6, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche40 min
May 6, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Rush39 min
May 6, 2:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis50 min
May 6, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman49 min
May 6, 2:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa58 min
May 6, 2:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark56 min
May 6, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa41 min
May 6, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards29 min
May 6, 3:10 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche17 min
May 6, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford62 min
May 6, 4:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber58 min
May 6, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber24 min
May 6, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber30 min
May 6, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt26 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.